Overview - Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 Vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 SoCs by Qualcomm. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 26
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 44
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 19
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 37
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 86
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 44
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 56
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
CPU 105049 256787
GPU 110865 272332
Memory 90267 177778
UX 87211 159966
Total score 393392 866863
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 has 19.55% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (2630 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 has 120.36% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (867 K vs 393 K ).
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1.
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 Support 16.36% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (25.6 vs 22 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 779
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 1128

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 2269
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 3375

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120 Hz WFHD+@168 Hz, WQHD+@120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 -
  • Max External Display - 4K @ 60 Hz
  • HDR HDR10+ HDR10, HDR10+, Adaptive HDR10, Ultra HDR
  • Color Depth - Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

70%
Turbo Clock Speed

2630 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
    1x 2.63 GHz – Cortex-A715
    3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A715
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.6-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 4 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno Adreno 720
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency - -
  • Execution units - -
  • Shading units - -
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 22 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
  • Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3360 x 1600
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X62 Snapdragon X63
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

CPU
26%
GPU
19%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

CPU
44%
GPU
37%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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